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Letters Patent No. 92,195, dated July 6, 1869; anteclated June 19, 1869.

SHREDDING-AUG-ER FOR BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'inaking part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ARCHIBALD KELLY, of Sharpsburg, in the county ofAllegheny, andState ot' Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and usefulImprove-v ment in' Shredding-Auger for Barrels; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereo',reference'being had to the accompanying drawings,`and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

Inboring bung-holes in barrels, the edge inside of l the barrel is lernrough and lagged 'by the auger, or other instrumentus'ed for making thebung-hole, and

the innerfsurface of the staves of barrels are rough and uneven. A

This rough and ragged condition of the lower edge of` the bung-hole, andthe uneven and rough lsurface of the inner side of stares, areimpediments, obstacles, and obstructions, which preve11t`,the propercementing or coat-ing of the insidesurface of barrels used for holding.hydrocarbon-oils, for the cement or coating-material gathers,coagulates, and adheres to the rough and ragged edge and surface aroundthe bung-hole of the barrel, and, in .driving the bung, the cement orcoating around the bung-hole is knocked oii' into the o il in thebarrel, thereby injuring the oil, and also causing aleakage around thebung.

The. nature of my invention consists in providing a shredding-auger formaking the inner edge Vand surface around the bung-hole of barrelssmooth and even, said auger being constructed, arranged, andzoperatinginthe manner hereinafter described.

Toenable others skilled in the art to make and nse my invention, I willproceed to describe its construcfion and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specilicationlFigure lis aside elevation of my improvement `in shredding-auger.

Figure 2f is a vertical section of the same.

Figure. 3 is a transverse section 0f its cutting-head.

In the drawings- A represents the shank of theauger, on the upper end ofwhich is secured a handle, D.

The shank A is placed in a metal sleeve, C, and is held in the sleeve bymeans ot' a projecting pin, o,

which` moves in the slotl X.

Io the lower end of the sleeve C is pivoted, at g, a cutter-head, B,provided with a knife, f, which may be secured in the cutting-head bymeans vof wedges or a set-screw.

Around the sleeve Gis placed a spiral-spring, e,-to

the lower. end of which may be attached a flange, as indicated by thedotted lines marked S, The upper end of the sleeve O is provided with anarrow ange, for the purpose of holding the spring on the sleeve, andalso for making the vspring operative in holding the cutter-head to itswork.

As the construction ofmy improvement, and the arrangement of the severalparts, and the relation that they bear to each other, will readily beseen andv understood -from the foregoing description, and by referenceto the accompanying drawings, l will therefore proceed to describe itsoperation, which is as follows: The end of the cutting-head Bisinsertedgin the bung-hole of the barrel. I then press down on theVhandle D, which will force down the shank A, and' theA lower end of'the shank, pressing on the end of the cutting-head will throw it intotheposition repre: sented by the dotted lines y, and the spiral spring willdraw the head up against the stave, represented by lines h, in which thebung-hole is made.

I then turn the handle D to the right, which will bring the pino .intothe recess t, and canse the sleeve C Ato revolve with thesh/ank A, andthe revolving of the sleeve O will rotate the'cutte'r-'head B, which,being held up against the under side ot' the stave, through the mediumof the spiral spring, the knife f will shave on" the ragged edge of thebung-hole, and 'make' that part of thestave around the bung-hole snloothland even. v v

' The handle D is then turned back snficient to bring the pin o oppositeto the slot X.

Thehandle 1D is then drawn up, which will raise l the shank A off theend of the cutter-head B, which will dropdown, by itsown gravity, intothe position representedy in iig. l.

The auger is then withdrawn, and the'barrel will then be ready forcementring,` which' process is well understood.

Barrels prepared in the manner described will allow the surpluseement'to llow out,'lelaving the surface around the bnng-hole'smooth,even, vand perfectly cemented.v f

Having-thus described the nature, construction, and operation of myimprovement,

Vhat Ifclaim as of my'invention, is-'- The shredding-ranger hereindescribed, consisting of shank A,.cutt,nghead B, spring e, when all areconstructed and arranged to operate as set forth.

Viit-nesses: v- ARGHA. KELLY.

J Arms J-. JOHNSTON, A. O. JOHNSTON.

